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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 999 7 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 382 26 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 379 15 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 288 22 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 283 1 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 243 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 233 43 Browse Search
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 210 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 200 12 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 186 12 Browse Search
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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 1: (search)
ls ford on the right to the stone bridge on the left, a distance of 5 miles. The brigades were stationed, from right to left, as follows: Ewell, D. R. Jones, Longstreet, Bonham, Cocke, and Evans on the extreme left. Early was in reserve, in rear of the right. To each brigade a section or a battery of artillery was attached, esition of his little army, General Beauregard awaited the development of the enemy's movement against him. At noon on the 18th, Bonham at Mitchell's ford and Longstreet at Blackburn's ford, were attacked with infantry and artillery, and both attacks were repulsed. General McDowell was engaged on the 19th and 20th in reconnoite's cavalry and two batteries, Imboden's and Pendleton's. The reinforcements were put in line in rear of the troops already in position, Bee and Bartow behind Longstreet, covering McLean's and Blackburn's fords, with Barksdale's Thirteenth Mississippi; Jackson in rear of Bonham, covering Mitchell's ford; and Cocke's brigade, cov
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: (search)
morning until near dark, the two divisions (Longstreet's under Anderson and D. H. Hill's) repellingill expressed it. On the morning of the 5th, Longstreet held the forts and line in front of Williamsnd rear, and the divisions of D. H. Hill and Longstreet in front, all fresh and ready for attack in These troops had the honor of taking part in Longstreet's and Whiting's final charge along the fronth side of the Chickahominy, and acted on General Longstreet's staff, as a volunteer aide. General W, everything miscarried but the movements of Longstreet and A. P. Hill. We have seen how Kershaw ancted the details of his masterly retreat. Longstreet, in advance, came up with the Federal battlewas heard back on the Charles City road, and Longstreet, taking it for the signal of Huger that he wake his force at Frayser's Farm greater than Longstreet's and Hill's by at least 2,500. It must be not put into the fight until very late, when Longstreet had been engaged alone with the five divisio[28 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
ating this, on the 13th, General Lee ordered Longstreet, with twelve brigades and their artillery, ttook command in person on the Rapidan. With Longstreet were Rhett's, Bachman's and Garden's South Coo and move on his railroad communications. Longstreet, after demonstrating in Pope's front, was tolow Jackson. The genius of Lee, Jackson and Longstreet was to determine the precise field and the eell-chosen position behind the railroad cut, Longstreet descending the east slope of the gap he had ander was to attack and crush Jackson before Longstreet could reach him. The battle opened by an arteral Lee for a division. At that moment General Longstreet, riding out to a commanding position on sions on the 29th, and the gallant charge of Longstreet's wing on the 30th. Pope retreated after nireat. On receiving these instructions, says Longstreet, Jackson said, Good! and away he went withowhich he was stationed, Jackson, followed by Longstreet, marching on the other. Reinforced by Sum[10 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
en's, Rhett's and Boyce's batteries—all with Longstreet's corps; in Jackson's corps, the brigade of was to halt at Boonsboro, while the rest of Longstreet's corps marched toward Hagerstown; that Jackst the assaults of McClellan for five hours. Longstreet hurried back from Hagerstown to his support teenth and the legion. The rapid march of Longstreet from Hagerstown on the 14th had thinned the en, rank and file, and ambulance corps. General Longstreet, referring in his recent book to the eff words: In answer to a dispatch from General Longstreet, I urged him to hurry forward troops to ld be done was done—the brigades of Hill and Longstreet, with such artillery as could be operated on drive Hill in rout from the mountain before Longstreet came up is due to the firmness and heroism oard the Potomac on the left. On the 15th, Longstreet was posted on the south of the Boonsboro roa While D. H. Hill was defending the center, Longstreet's line was assailed, on Lee's right. Crossi[3 more...]<
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: (search)
ntrated about Warrenton, Va., and General Lee had thrown Longstreet in its front, at Culpeper Court House. McClellan's plansburg; that he was on the heights with four divisions of Longstreet's corps, Pendleton's reserve artillery, and two brigades of Stuart; that the Fifth division of Longstreet would be up on the 23d, and that he would resist an attempt to cross the rAccordingly, on December 1st, Jackson was in position on Longstreet's right, and General Lee's army was united. General By's advance after crossing, as General Lee expressed it. Longstreet's corps, five divisions, was the left, and Jackson's, four divisions, the right wing of Lee's army. From Longstreet's left, resting on the river at Taylor hill, to Jackson's rights follows: Anderson's, McLaws', Pickett's and Hood's, of Longstreet's wing; and A. P. Hill's, of Jackson's wing. Ransom's dentrating his army at Fredericksburg, before the battle, Longstreet being already in position and Jackson halted at Orange C
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
venth under Howard, the Twelfth under Slocum. The artillery included 370 guns, of all calibers. The cavalry force outnumbered General Lee's three to one. General Lee's army was numerically not as strong as at the battle of Fredericksburg, Longstreet having been sent south of the James with the divisions of Hood and Pickett, and Hampton's cavalry brigade having been sent into the interior to recruit its horses. Lee's army confronting Hooker numbered of all arms, on the 1st of April, 53,303, with 170 pieces of artillery. McLaws and Anderson commanded the divisions of Longstreet's corps present, and Early, A. P. Hill, Rodes and Colston commanded Jackson's divisions; W. H. F. Lee and Fitzhugh Lee commanded the two brigades of cavalry under Stuart, and General Pendleton the artillery battalions of Alexander, Crutchfield, R. L. Walker, Brown, Carter, Andrews and McIntosh. McGowan's brigade, on April 29th, occupied the same position it held in the battle of December 13th. By the 2
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 15: (search)
in the division of the gallant McLaws, under Longstreet, associated with Barksdale's Mississippians a Federal army. On June 7th the corps of Longstreet and Ewell, with the main body of the cavalryle on the 29th. Stuart's cavalry, moving on Longstreet's right flank, left General Hampton on the Racing east. McLaws' and Hood's divisions of Longstreet's corps camped within 4 miles of the battlefettysburg until the afternoon of the 2d. General Longstreet received his definite orders for positio. On the Confederate right two divisions of Longstreet's corps made the advance at 4 p. m. (Hood's the left. There was not a man to reinforce Longstreet's line, and the enemy in his front was reinfry. Hours passed (General Lee said two, General Longstreet four and Gen. Edward Johnson said it was All the available artillery of Hill's and Longstreet's corps was put in position by Col. E. P. Alcorps forded the river at Williamsport, Generals Longstreet and Hill crossed by pontoon at Falling [14 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 16: (search)
gades of Hood's and Mc-Laws' divisions, and the artillery of those commands. Longstreet had only three brigades in battle on the 19th and five on the 20th, the artilotal of wing, 5 divisions, 16 brigades, 16 batteries. Left wing, Lieutenant-General Longstreet commanding. Buckner's corps, Major-General Buckner: Stewart's diion, 3 brigades, 3 batteries; Johnson's division, 2 brigades, 2 batteries. Longstreet's corps, Major-General Hood: McLaws' division, 2 brigades; Hood's division, 3's army the two divisions from Mississippi (Breckinridge's and Walker's), and Longstreet's five brigades and Buckner's troops, and estimating losses for both armies ues. Bragg gave his right to Lieutenant-General Polk and his left to Lieutenant-General Longstreet; the latter did not arrive until II p. m. on the 19th. Forrest wasr and Cheatham in rear and to the left of the latter. On the left, Lieutenant-General Longstreet's wing was organized from right to left as follows: Stewart (touchi
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 18: (search)
Chapter 18: South Carolinians with Longstreet and Lee Wauhatchie Missionary Ridge-Knoxvton commanded Jenkins' brigade, which joined Longstreet after Chickamauga. The First regiment was uere made by them to relieve Chattanooga. On Longstreet's part Law's brigade of Jenkins' division way Hooker's corps from Virginia. On the 28th Longstreet arranged for a night attack upon Geary's divout 2,400, loss 216.] Early in November, Longstreet, with the divisions of McLaws and Hood (unde and Meade crossed the Rapidan in May, 1864, Longstreet had his corps again in Virginia, with headqu Kershaw reached the field, with the head of Longstreet's corps, and Colonel Henagan formed his brigied by Mahone's brigade. By this volley General Longstreet was prostrated by a fearful wound; Brigas regiment (Jenkins' brigade), says: General Longstreet did not fall from his horse, but rode thwithout pursuit to a position near a part of Longstreet's corps, and there rested with their Confede[2 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
regiment with gallantry in Jenkins' brigade, Longstreet's corps, at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, the Sth Carolina troops, and was mentioned by General Longstreet among the officers most prominently distoro and Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, and with Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga, Bean's Station, Cam favor with his division commander, General Longstreet. Longstreet proposed to begin the reorganiz Hill, during the Gettysburg campaign. When Longstreet was sent to the assistance of Bragg at Chatteatened disaster. As he rode by the side of Longstreet, he said to his chief, I am happy. I have ffire of another body of Confederates, he and Longstreet were both wounded, Jenkins mortally. GeneraManassas campaign he commanded a division of Longstreet's corps, Drayton's brigade having been addedwas in the grand line of veterans with which Longstreet overwhelmed the Federals, commanding McLaws'eader. He commanded the advance guard which Longstreet organized to push Burnside back toward Knoxv[10 more...]
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